Ribbon-inking attachment for type-writing machines



(No Model.)

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' Patented Deo.. 3, 1889.

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UN'TED vSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

vJOSEPH W. PEABODY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

RIBBON-INKING ATTACHMENT FOR TYPE-WRITING MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,490, dated December 3, 1889.

Application filed October 8, 1888. Serial No. 287,477. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that l, JOSEPH W. PEABODY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, lhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ribbon-Inking Attachments for Type-Writing Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an attachment for type-writers--such as the Remington or caligraph, for example-or other .writing machines for the purpose of inking or reinkin g the ribbon which is used with said machine, the object being to provide a simple, cheap, and efficient contrivance that may accompany the writing-machine and be readily service# able when occasion demands for inking the ribbon, thus prolonging the usefulness thereof and saving the expense of frequently purchasing a new one; and the invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, substantially as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure 1 is a front perspective View of my improved ribbon-inking attachment for type-writers, showing one mode of connecting the same to the type-writer. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section on the line y y of Fig. A. Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line as @c of Fig. 3.

Like letters of reference design ate like parts throughout the several figures.

A denotes a metallic box or case of suitable size and shape, and'B a cover therefor, which is suitably curved to increase the size of the interior of the casing and to afford spacewithin the cover to hold one of the rollers. In Fig. 1 the cover B is shown secured to box A by means of screws. The detailed structure of the casing and its cover may vary considerably from what is herein shown and described, and I do not desire to be confined to the precise form here given.

. In order to attach my device to the typewriter when it is demanded for use, I secure to one side of the casing A a rightfangled plate E, one part of which is vertical and the other horizontal, the horizontal part having near one end a slot e and near the other end an extension e', having also a slot e. right-angled plate E, however, was specially devised for attaching the contrivance to that particular form of type-writer known as the caligraph, the slots e c being intended to receive certain screws found permanently on 6o the caligraph. The plate E is only one form therefor (given here by way of example only) of various means that might be employed for fastening the inking device to the type-writer.

The essential parts of the device are two rollers, between which the ribbon is caused to pass. One of these rollers D is located within the box or case A. The other C is located within the convexity of the cover B. The

rollers are preferably made of rubber and 7o have steel shafts or axles. They are nicely formed, so as to have a smooth hard surface. The roller C is preferably much smaller than roller D. Roller D has the ends of its shafts D carried in bifurcated bearings a a, located 7 5 vertically within each end of case A, so that said roller can be easily adjusted in position or removed from the case. Roller O has its shaft C journaled in the cover B, one end of said shaft being extended beyond the cover 8o and provided with a head F, which serves as a handle to be grasped to rotate roller O. The two rollers C and D are so placed as to be in frictional contact with each other. I-Ience when the upper roller is rotated the lower one 8 5 will revolve also. The box or case Ais adapted to be filled more or less with the ink which is to be transferred to the type-writer ribbon. (See Fig. 4.) In this ink the roller D will be partially submerged, and as it revolves therein 9o its surface will be completely covered with the ink.

The cover B is preferably made with longitudinal slots f and f in front and rear of the convexed part of the cover. of suitable size to allow the ribbon to be passed through them, and are properly located, as shown in Fig. 4, so that the ribbon, when so passing through them, may conveniently pass between the rollers. preferably furnished on its rear edge, adjacent to slot f', with a hinged strip B', (see Figs. 2 and 5,) that may be lifted at any time when desired in order to afford easy access to This 5 5 These slots are Further, the cover B is loe the interior ot' the case A i'or the introduction of the ink, or for any other purpose. This strip may be entirely dispensed With, if desired, and an opening be left between the rear edge of the cover and the edge of case A. Further, the location, size, and arrangement of slots fj may be changed or modified, if desired. i

I Will now proceed to describe the operation 0r manner of using my inkingcontrivance for type-Writer ribbons. First, the device will be secured to the typewriter in some convenient location and then (if it has not been previously) filled with ink of the proper color and quality. Next the end of the ribbon will be inserted under lid B' or through slot f and by a proper revolution of the rollers, using the handle F, drawn between the rollers and project-ed through slot j" on the other side of the rollers. By continuing the rotation of the rollers enough of the ribbon can be passed between them to enable the operator to attach the end thereof to the reel on the type-Writer, and then by operati ng the reel in the ordinary manner the whole length of the ribbon can be drawn between the rollers and thoroughly saturated with the ink. lVhen the ribbon has been entirely inked, the end can be attached to its proper reel, the inking device removed from the type-Writer, and the operation is finished.

Many variations may be made in the exact arrangement and detailed structure of the parts of the device Without departing from my invention.

Having thus described m'y invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination of the box or casing containing ink and having suitable bearings in each end, the conveXed cover for said casing, slotted at front and rear, as shown, the roller carried in the bearings in the easing, and the other roller journaled in the cover and having a handle, and the plate for locating the attachment on the type-Writing machine, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the box or casing A, containing ink and having bearings a a., the eonvexed cover B for said casing, slotted at f j", the roller D, carried in bearings a a in box A, the roller C, journaled in cover B and having handle F, and the right-angled plate E, secured to the casing, all substantially as deseribedf In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOSEPH W. PEABODY.

lVitnesses:

II. C. BIGELOW, P. W. TRAVIS. 

